Look: This Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers Playoff Stat Is Blowing Everyone's Minds
KANSAS CITY, MO - OCTOBER 27: Quarterback Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers meets with quarterback Patrick Mahomes (L) of the Kansas City Chiefs after the game at Arrowhead Stadium on October 27, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)
Patrick Mahomes has wasted no time establishing themselves among the NFL's all-time greats.
In five seasons as the starting quarterback, Mahomes has led the Kansas City Chiefs to two Super Bowl titles and four straight AFC Championship Games. They're 11-3 in playoff games with Mahomes at the helm.
Heath Cummings of CBS Sports noted that Mahomes has already caught up to Aaron Rodgers, who has an 11-10 playoff record since replacing Brett Favre in 2008.
Fans are impressed with Mahomes matching another future Hall of Famer, who had a 10-year head start.
"And won twice as many Super Bowls," a fan pointed out.
"That is a great fact I'll bring up to every Packer fan I know," another fan said.
"Patrick Mahomes is already greater than Aaron Rodgers all-time," a Chiefs fan claimed.
"If [Mahomes] wins the Super Bowl this year he moves into third place all time," FS1's Nick Wright noted.
Given his sterling regular-season track record, Rodgers' Packers haven't met lofty expectations in the postseason. However, football is a team sport, so quarterback wins are at best an incomplete stat.
In those 21 playoff starts, Rodgers has 45 touchdowns -- tied with Joe Montana for the second-most behind Tom Brady -- and 13 interceptions with a 100.1 quarterback rating.
Rather than weaponizing this information to condemn Rodgers, fans should commend an unheralded run for Mahomes. The 27-year-old has the highest postseason quarterback rating (107.4) in NFL history.
Either Mahomes or Rodgers could jump to third place -- or a third-place tie if receiving a first-round bye -- after Brady (35) and Montana (16) if winning the Super Bowl this season.
